# Syntax Highlighting **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 9:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlighting/181996 "2010-01-21T09:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jspencer78)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlighting/181996/1 "2010-01-21T09:18:44Z")
It’s something I’m sure most of us, if not all, use in our text editor or IDE of choice yet there are so many different schemes out there. Syntax highlighting gives us the ability to see what we’ve done and if we’ve missed something in nothing more then a quick glance. So just as a bit of a poll, something newer users to rails can look at to get ideas on what they might want to use and suggestions for people to look at in general. What syntax highlighting scheme do you use? And if you’re willing to to, why do you use it? ---
**Author:** ![jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jspencer78)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlighting/181996/2 "2010-01-21T10:48:30Z")
James S. wrote: > It’s something I’m sure most of us, if not all, use in our text editor > or > IDE of choice yet there are so many different schemes out there. Syntax > highlighting gives us the ability to see what we’ve done and if we’ve > missed > something in nothing more then a quick glance. > > So just as a bit of a poll, something newer users to rails can look at > to > get ideas on what they might want to use and suggestions for people to > look > at in general. What syntax highlighting scheme do you use? And if you’re > willing to to, why do you use it? I don’t care greatly about syntax highlighting, but when I’m in an editor that can do it, I like to at least tweak the scheme to make sure that (say) symbols, strings, and regexps all look different. I’ve lately become a fan of TextMate-style “dark” schemes, after years of thinking I’d never like them. ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jspencer78)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlighting/181996/3 "2010-01-21T11:02:00Z")
James S. wrote: > It’s something I’m sure most of us, if not all, use in our text editor > or > IDE of choice yet there are so many different schemes out there. Syntax > highlighting gives us the ability to see what we’ve done and if we’ve > missed > something in nothing more then a quick glance. > > So just as a bit of a poll, something newer users to rails can look at > to > get ideas on what they might want to use and suggestions for people to > look > at in general. What syntax highlighting scheme do you use? And if you’re > willing to to, why do you use it? I’m really new to rails and i’m finding textmate very good. I went with the custom ‘theme’ from Ryan B.’ that he uses in his railscasts ([About RailsCasts - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/about)). I like the text on the dark background. Jon ---
**Author:** ![jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jspencer78)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlighting/181996/4 "2010-01-21T14:48:16Z")
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:17 AM, James S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > It’s something I’m sure most of us, if not all, use in our text editor or > IDE of choice yet there are so many different schemes out there. Syntax > highlighting gives us the ability to see what we’ve done and if we’ve missed > something in nothing more then a quick glance. > > So just as a bit of a poll, something newer users to rails can look at to > get ideas on what they might want to use and suggestions for people to look > at in general. What syntax highlighting scheme do you use? And if you’re > willing to to, why do you use it? I’m using vim’s xoria256 and I love it. Here[1] are some screenshots. If I’m not able to use a 256 terminal, I use zellner colorscheme. Cheers. [1] [http://blog.kandalf.com.ar/?p=89](http://blog.kandalf.com.ar/?p=89) ---
**Author:** ![jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jspencer78)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlighting/181996/5 "2010-01-21T13:36:52Z")
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 09:17:17PM +1300, James S. wrote: > It’s something I’m sure most of us, if not all, use in our text editor or > IDE of choice yet there are so many different schemes out there. Syntax > highlighting gives us the ability to see what we’ve done and if we’ve missed > something in nothing more then a quick glance. > > So just as a bit of a poll, something newer users to rails can look at to > get ideas on what they might want to use and suggestions for people to look > at in general. What syntax highlighting scheme do you use? And if you’re > willing to to, why do you use it? I’m very happy with vim’s highlighting, myself. –Greg ---
**Author:** ![jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jspencer78](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jspencer78)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syntax-highlighting/181996/6 "2010-01-21T18:04:58Z")
On Jan 21, 2010, at 12:17 AM, James S. wrote: > It’s something I’m sure most of us, if not all, use in our text > editor or IDE of choice yet there are so many different schemes out > there. Syntax highlighting gives us the ability to see what we’ve > done and if we’ve missed something in nothing more then a quick > glance. > > So just as a bit of a poll, something newer users to rails can look > at to get ideas on what they might want to use and suggestions for > people to look at in general. What syntax highlighting scheme do you > use? And if you’re willing to to, why do you use it? I use Ryan B.’ ‘railscasts’ scheme in vim. Mostly because I like the colors… nothing to harsh, not many background color changes… [http://pjkh.com/articles/2008/07/09/osx-iterm-screen-vim-256-colors](http://pjkh.com/articles/2008/07/09/osx-iterm-screen-vim-256-colors) -philip